Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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THE RAVEL IN S 1938 To Francls Walker A d1mmer for h1s smlle so that the g1rls may notxce the cnarm of the other boys at O H S once ln a whlle To Leona Barxl Clara Snyders place at the candy counter To Frances Kemp The ab1l1tv to keep ahead of the boys by pract1c1ng Molly RIHZI t1s s rules and regulatlons To Jean Campbell Marjorle Barlow s good d1sDos1t1on To V1v1an Frlnk Martha G1onet s ab1l1ty to dance To Margaret Connor Evy Carlson s deslre to learn to drxve a car To Kathrvn Makl Florma Gendrons ab llltV to get along w1th Mlss Klnnlery To Gladys Coonan Another successful year of basketball To Rosemary Roberts Sta 1a Shlvlck s pla e as secretary to Mr Sannella To Lucllle Lovett V1rg1n1a Davlss place To Mary Irw1n A car all her own so that It w1ll be more convenlent to attend the ball games To Ida Chlckerlng Norma Ball s dlgnlty To Beverlv Eames Ellzabeth Pa1ge s b1 cycle so that she can get to school more qulckly To Ianet Cheenv Kathrvn Lane s deslre to speak so she may be heard To Jean Parkls Elsl Bellow s place on Statlc staff eV91y other Wednesday mght To Sxgne Anderson Lucllle LaPan s ab1l1ty to do Bookkeeplng so that It wxll check To Madelyn Abrahms Nellxe Whlte s place as Mxss Klnnxerys best typ1st To Eleanor Sherwood Ol1ve W1ll ams s ab l 1ty to QIVC long oral themes To Irene Gervals Evy Carlsons ab1l1ty to get along Wlth Mr O Connor To Elame Maynard The hope that she may fall lnto the footsteps of Mary Barnes ln en tertalfllng the study hall To Edwltch Gougeon Marv Hurd s ab1l1ty to keep qulet durmg Engllsh class To Ada LaPearl Mary Hurd s ablllty to be bolsterous To the sophomores Our envy of the two years of the1r school hves whxch he just ahead of them they ll be the best years To Tom Rodler A steady Job as rxght field er on the Oxford H1gh baseball team To Kenneth 'larbell The assurance that when we are voters well hold a speclal town meetlng to see vhether the town w1ll permlt hlS llghtnlng express to fly down the sldewalks at noon w1th only Kenny as both motor and controls To Antolnette Drucker A chance to wrlte for the movles To Shlrley Snyder A career lf she cant find love To Paul Prefontalne Bernard Rays truck to help h1m make A 8z P dellverles To some of our lovlng couples A shaded walk for strollmg and glorxous example to serve as the guldlng llght on thelr busy happy way through O H S Palnful necesslty compels us as we recog n1ze the fra1lt1es attendant upon human behav 1or and as we earnestly desxre to prevent among you our he1rs CXDSHSIVE lawsu1ts and confuslons to stxpulate the express condltlon that 1f at any t1me a legatee under thlS docu ment demur at the executlon of any 1tem here 1n set forth our whole and entire estate shall be by them forfelted and thereupon revert to Bunny and Francls Slddall not heretofore mentloned nor mcluded but who are to serve as executors of the whole In w1tness whereof we the above mentxoned Class of 1938 do IH all solemnlty of mtent and ser1ousness of purpose set our hands and seal th1s 20th day of June A D 1938 Wltnessed by CHARLIE MCCARTHY and SNOW WHITE S DOPEY l , 29 c.- . , . . , . A ' ' ll . 9 I . :. . . . 7 - s . - ' . ' . ' ' V -r - . . I' . . . v - A .l I . 9 , ' . 3 , ' 7 . ' - ' . , , Z - - 1 C . l . , . . ' . .l . . y ' . BS DI'ES1dG1'1t of the COIT11T19I'IClal To the freshmen: We leave Our g10Wing . . I . l 1 g - G . . l , . . . l 0 v ' ' . . , .- . s ' L I , . U a l v l 1 1 . . I ' ' ' ' 7 . I .D , l , I na - a 1 - I . . . . , . . . . . ' 3 Q u 1 ' ' . . . y . . I . . i , - - ' - u I Q v n ' . . L . 1 - . ' v

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 II XSS XVIII By Donald Mahoney TO ALL THE PEOPLE UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME We the honorable well esteemed and grea ly respected Class of 1938 bemg st1ll of sound mlnd and healthy body wh1le real1z1n0 that mortal days be numbered and abhorrmg the thought of dy mg mtestate do hereby g1Ve, dev1se and be queath these ltems of our oft cove ed esta e as follows To Mr Shea We g1V9 our w sh for many years as successful as h1s first as our super1n tendent To Mr Sannella A chance to s e Oxford Hlghs Cross Country team defeat Hopedale To Mr McGovern An Bl ctrlc eye to hunt out persons who have been absent yet have not reported to get thexr make up cards To Mr Shappy The assurance that hxs suc cess 1n coachmg th1s year s cross country team wlll be surpassed many tlmes 1n the year to ome To Mr OConnor Three new basketball To Mr Browmng A debat1ng team for hls next years classes To M1ss Wlnter A sen1or class that can un derstand Engl1sh IV better than we dld To M1ss Kennedy Ahear y conffratulanon as supervisor of the annual Jumor prom, be cause of 1tS great success To M1ss Klnnlery The assurance that when we are voter the stockroom cupboard wlll never be bare To MISS Mannmg An escort to see that she doesn t leave any thmg on desks wh1le leavmd one room for another To Miss Gahadan An all tlme w1nn1n'f gxrls basketball team, playmg only af ernoon games To MISS Turner An approprlatlon made to buy a palr of stxlts so that she may see her whole class at once To MISS Snow A speclal trafflc llght sta tloned at the top of the boys stalrs so she can retlre from trafflc duty To M1ss Hand A new supply of musxc sheets To M1ss MCGIHHIS A speclal room to dls play her WIIIIIIDU po ters To the 1un or we further leave asslgn gxve and bequeath as follows To James Walker who lt has been ru mored wants a farmer s daughter for hxs w1fe we leave Luc1lle Lovett wno may quahfy To Joseph Gardner Jo eph Ma1nv1ll s ab1l 1ty to be talkatlve To Phlhp Germam That manager of mana gers a pos1t1on as manager for the St Loux Cardlnals To Joseph Mahoney We leave Warren Chaffees abxhty to get along wlth many g rls and not be too lnterested 1n any one gxrl To Vmcent Kasel s We leave the w1sh that he may grow up to be a second Sandow To Roger Vancour A chance to prove h1m self an all tune pltchlng star next year To Bud Ol1v1er A Job to be awaxtmg h1m when he gets out of school lf he can acqu1re Wllbur RlCh s sk1ll 1n dolnff the Blg Apple To Edward Gxll A chance to show hrs mu one ln the world who plays a harmonxca To Clarence Pxette Warren Bell Bruce Greene and Yarno Nesta We leave the hope that Leahy s store w1ll be moved to wnere Mr Ph1l1p Joshns house now stands so that they may save the physlcal effort generally expend ed by then' f1Ve mmu es to nme and f1ve mm utes to one sprmt to get to school before the tardy bell stops rmgmff To Harold Love1oy The supposedly bash ul Jumor P1cl-'l s Chaffee s Packard that he may get a quamted W1 h a few g1rl VVe have Watched h1m gazmg wlstfully at the or hestra from the corner where he stands durmv dan es To Robert Desmarls The responslblllty of leadlng and succe sfully carryxng on next year s cross country team To Edward LaMountam Bernard Rav s ab 1l1tv to toe 1n The d1stance to North Brook field w1ll seem shorter lf he learns to walk that way To Herbert McCarthy The enlor chewln-1 gum and too h powder to help keep h1s teeth clean for we hear that toba co doesnt agree wtth h1m 28 - ' ' Y Y Y A JA x A A 4 . 1 S 7 . 7 . 7 ' v HI 1 . ' 1 ' I , I - Y , , 7 , , . . . L , 1 ' 1 7 Q . - : S . . 3, .- s 9 ' ' I .. . ' L - . . . U V 'I u ' - : H . 1 I . Q . -S . ' ' B ' L . : e ' - - . y I ' . : 'e ' ' ' I ' G l ' , 4- at rs ' - , - .I . . . n . S - ' ' . . , . . . ,, . ,, ,. . . , I -3 . ' . : : I , - players to replace Warren Chaffee. sical ability as an orchestra leader-the only . , . . I . n Q I Q I , , . . ' , 1 ' . 9 ' 1 ' Z D 4' . . . , , A . . . - , L - ,, ' ' . . . A . . . 3 Y ' 4 s Q. l' ' I - ' as ' Q 97 I v A A - 7 1 ' . I 7 .V Y . . O c 'A 3. . 1 Q D I ' j. A su C ' . I . . - S D Q , . ' , I . ' ' . . u I u u 1 - . I 9 - ,, K ' ' . I . . . K- . -ig - , . ., J Q p . . . . . . - A I 1 : '-' v ' .9 ' ' 5, s . .

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 CI XSS hll S By Martha Glonet and Lyman Rosebrooks Norma Ball Norma Ball IS a quxet glrl and hasnt much to say So we glve a httle horn to her To help pass the txme away Marjorle Barlow To MarJor1e Barlow who has mastered the B1 Apple We g1V6 thls symbol To remlnd her to keep nlmble Mary Barnes To Mary Barnes who IS never contrary To keep her company we g1V6 thls canary Elsle Bellows To Elsle Bellows who IS a good sport We gxve th1s shxp That she may easxly reach her port Evy Carlson To Evy Carlson the artlst supreme We g1Ve thxs SUggBSt1V6 color scheme Gordon Chaffee To Gordon Chaifee our presldent We gxve thls httle house so he wlll always be a resldent Warren Chaffee To Warren Chaffee who lxkes to clown We gxve th1s httle mask so he may go to town Vlfglflla Dav1s To V1rg1nxa DHVIS wno xs a very good drlver We HIVS th1s road map so that she may drxve far and wlder R1Ch3Fd Ellls To Rlchard Ellls who xs a qulet lad We g1Ve th1s bulb to make hxm fla h when he s glad John Faubert To John Faubert our machlmst We g1VE thls monkey wrench so he may become a genxus F lorma Gendron To Florma Gendron who l1kes knlttmg We g1VB th1s yarn To keep her trom qulttlng Martha Glonet lo Martha G1onet we g1V9 thls telephone So she can keep talkmg to us even at home Edward Guer xn To Edward Guertm our avlator We g1V6 th1s l1ttle navlgator Mary Hurd '10 Mary Hurd who has such reserve We g1VG thls p1n whlch she so deserves W1ll1am Kllborn To W11ham Kllborn whose hobby IS flshlng We glV8 th1s one to watch sw rlmg and Kathryn Lane To Kathryn Lane who IS so petlte We g1V8 th1s rouge to pmk her cheeks Luc1lle LaPan To Lucllle LaPan who hkes candy We g1Ve th1S bar so she wxll have some always rlght handy Jack Lebo To Jack Lebo we gwe th1s one horse shay To take the place of hlS old Chevrolet Donald Mahoney To Donald Mahoney who llkes to chew gum We glve th1S rubbmg alcohol so h1s Jaws wont get numb Joseph Ma1nv1ll To Joseph Ma1DV1ll6 who w1th words IS so clever We glVe th1 glrl who ll allow h1'n the last word never Edward Morrls To Edward Morrxs wuo wants to be a buckaroo W Q bxve th1s httle toy lassoo 30 ' , 1 1 Y Y WVWY 1 A JA A L IL . . . 7 ' . . . I . , 7 3 , . . . ,, . . . 7 K6 ' 0, 77 D V 7 L ' 7 7 7 7 Y 7 Y . . swlshlng. 7 7 ' 7 U 7 7 9 7 Y 7 . . . - 1 . ' , , . 1 u , , . W . u . 7 , . e 7 . . . A , J . .R . , . , 5 n . . . , , 1 s 4 7 . ,- . . . - 1 'T .